Boston, Feby 22d 1876
My dear Sir,
I am pleased
to learn that
my first paper
on American
Literature, in the
Feby. Harper, attracted
your attention.
the second, and
concluding paper,
in the March
number, you will
find a reference
to Thoreau. It
was inevitable that
in going over so
wide a field,
I should be
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compelled to give
short space to
writers whom you
and I warmly esteem.
It is my intention
to publish in the
spring a volume
consisting of short
essays _ some
seventy - five in
number. I hope
it will please
you.
Very Sincerely Yours,
E.P. Whipple